A California-based chain of independent supermarkets is expanding its reach in South Jersey.
Grocery Outlet is to open a store in Medford at 200 Tuckerton Road at the Village at Taunton Forge Shopping Center, continuing its spread in the region. There are six other South Jersey locations.
Store management is to host a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Medford store Aug. 14 at 10 a.m.
Independently owned and operated by AdriAnna and Amarys Foley, the new grocery store is set up in a space that's been vacant for years. It's in the former home of Murphy’s Market.
Other Grocery Outlet stores in South Jersey are located in Delran, Gibbstown, Sicklerville, Mays Landing, Deptford and Rio Grande, with additional branches in Hamilton (Mercer County) and Hazlet (Monmouth County).
Grocery Outlet, a California-based chain with more than 550 stores in 16 states, opened its first South Jersey store in Delran in December of 2021.
What is Grocery Outlet?
A press release about the opening in Medford said that Grocery Outlet is an Emeryville, California-based company that is “a high-growth, extreme value retailer of quality, name-brand consumables and fresh products sold primarily through a network of independently operated stores.”
The company follows a strategy of “opportunistic buying,” an executive with the parent firm, Grocery Outlet Holding Corp., said in a previous Courier-Post story.
Grocery Outlet obtains products at attractive costs from manufacturers “that produce too much or get canceled by other, larger retailers,” Eric DeFrancisco, the firm's East Coast general manager, said in February of 2023.
“And those manufacturers now need to find a new home for that product,” DeFrancisco noted during an appearance before members of an area planning board.
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Medford Grocery Outlet grand opening
Scheduled for an 8 a.m. opening Aug. 14, the first 100 customers are to receive a Bliss Buck gift card for mystery amounts ranging from $5 to $500. Shoppers are also to receive one free reusable bag with their purchase through opening week, while supplies last, the release stated.
Customers may also enter to win $1,000 in free groceries from Aug. 14 through Sept. 12.
Any customer who registers for the Grocery Outlet app and selects Medford as their home store is also to receive a $5 coupon toward a $15 purchase, the release stated.
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